Swedish writer, critic, and literary scholar (1911–2002)
Olof Gustaf Hugo Lagercrantz (10 March 1911 – 23 July 2002) was a Swedish writer, critic, literary scholar (PhD 1951) and publicist (editor-in-chief of Dagens Nyheter 1960–1975). Life and career. Lagercrantz was born in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of bank director Carl Lagercrantz, of the noble Lagercrantz family, and Countess Agnes Hamilton, whose great-grandfather was the prominent Swedish writer Erik Gustaf Geijer. Lagercrantz married Martina Ruin (born 1921), daughter of Professor Hans Ruin and Karin Sievers, in 1939.
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Olof Gustaf Hugo Lagercrantz (10 March 1911 – 23 July 2002) was a Swedish writer, critic, literary scholar (PhD 1951) and publicist (editor-in-chief of Dagens Nyheter 1960–1975). Life and career. Lagercrantz was born in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of bank director Carl Lagercrantz, of the noble Lagercrantz family, and Countess Agnes Hamilton, whose great-grandfather was the prominent Swedish writer Erik Gustaf Geijer. Lagercrantz married Martina Ruin (born 1921), daughter of Professor Hans Ruin and Karin Sievers, in 1939.
